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BENJAMIN GEORGE HOWES, OF WORCESTER,-MASSAOHUSETTS Leners Patent Ne. 71,882, ezeeeez Deeembee l1o, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN COPY-BOOKS.

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Be it known that I, BENJAMIN GEORGE Howns, of the city and county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Writing or Copy-Books, called a Model Copy- Book and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, duerefert ence being had to the accompanying drawings. l

The objects of my invention are to present the copies in a convenient form, giving the learnerthe advantages of choice as often as'may be best, and, by the construction and' arrangement, allow the paper to ber removed after having been used, and new putin its place with facility; and also to combine the advantages 'off` an illustrated descriptive text explaining the principles of penmanshipandigniding the learner.

To these ends, its nature consists in preparing a text or compendium of the most common errors, illustrated and corrected, and accompanied by the copies, upon separate slips of paper, arranged so as to be separate from .the body of the book or the paper to benritten on, and so constructing the book that, whilst the text and copies are sewed or bound therein, thc paper for use is retained by a band or cord, that shall allow its removal when used, and allow new to be inserted.

Figure 1 shows the book open ready for use.

Figure 2 is the same, with the paper partially removed,

F is the cover, in which are bound the text C and the copies D,'the latter being on separate slips or leaves, and the band G, which issecured at its ends, holds the paper-B, which is slipped under it, as seen in iig. 2.

This construction allowing the paper to be removed after use, and new inserted, enables the learner to use anyr quantity of paper, whilst he preserves the text and copies, thus making one book answer the purpose in lieu of a number, as heretofore used.

Having thus fully described my invention, so that any one skilled in the art to which it most nearly appertains can make and use it I claim the copy-book, constructed substantially as described. Y

' BENJAMIN GEORGE HOWES.

Witnesses:

C. M. MILES, JAMES G. ARNOLD. 

